Need some paint color advise...
 

I have a 72 911T Targa that I am painting next week. Right now it is GP White but the original color is Olive. The car is not all original-it has a E engine with webers, phone dials :confused:, and some aftermarket recaro seats. I do plan on selling the car in the near future so should I go Olive or should I go a color that is more appealing to the masses?
Example of olive...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215023214.jpg

Original Olive no question. It is a neat and rare color in my opinion.

Anybody else?

Scott

+ 1 for Olive.

Olive is a rare color, I love it. Go for Olive. Goofy rare 60s-70s colors are worth more in my opinion. The masses buy what everyone else tells them to buy, the people in the know will lead the pack seek out a unique car and pay for it.

I sought a rare color and found Golden Green on my 68 912. I love the color, my father said it looks awful, but then the car was just invited to Palos Verdes Concours in Sept.

There are so many non original cars in the world, so missing the original engine will not always be a problem in the future as long as the car is nice. Original unique colors are actually much more noticeable than a wrong engine number if you think about it.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215024301.jpg

I am pretty sure I am going Olive...The paint stores around here can't find the mix code. I gave them the 414 but they said they need a different number...anybody know what that may be? I cannot find anything on the internet

414 is correct for the Glasurit color code......is your paint store sourcing Glasurit for you?

Check out http://www.elferhelfer.com/farben.htm for the 72 model year and you'll see olive is indeed 414.

+4 on olive.

I love Delphi Green Metalic, Olive, Golden Green, Zambezi Green and Metallic Green.

Here is a list of all the porsche green colors (but for some reason the compiler did not include olive).

1. Auratium Green
2. Amazon Green Pearl
3. Aventurine Green Metallic
4. Birch Green
5. Chartreuse
6. Colibri Green Metallic
7. Conda Green
8. Conifer Green
9. Crystal Green Metallic
10. Dark Olive Metallic (Olive Green Metallic)
11. Dark Teal Metallic
12. Delphi Green Metallic
13. Earth Olive
14. Emerald Green Metallic
15. Fern Green
16. Fjord Green
17. Forest Green Metallic
18. Golden Green
19. Granite Green Metallic
20. GT3RS Green
21. Ice Green Metallic
22. Irish Green
23. Jade Green
24. Jade Green Metallic
25. Kelly Green
26. Lago Green Metallic
27. Lagoon Green Metallic
28. Leaf Green
29. Lhasa Green Metallic
30. Light Green
31. Light Green Metallic
32. Lime Green
33. Lime Green Metallic
34. Malachite Green Metallic
35. Mayan Green
36. Metallic Dark Green
37. Metallic Green
38. Mint Green
39. Mint Green Metallic
30. Moss Green Metallic
41. Murano Green
42. Night Green Metallic
43. Nile Green Metallic
44. Oak Green Metallic
45. Ocean Jade Metallic
46. Onyx Green Metallic
47. Palm Green
48. Palm Green Metallic
49. Pine Green Metallic
50. Radium Green
51. Rainforest Green Metallic
52. Ravena Green
53. Reseda Green Metallic
54. Rock Green Metallic
55. Sambesi Green
56. Sebring Green
57. Shamrock Green
58. Signal Green
59. Silver Green Metallic
60. Smyrna Green
61. Speedway Green
62. Turquoise Green
63. Turquoise Green Metallic
64. Viper Green
65. Viper Green Metallic
66. Willow Green
67. Wimbeldon Green Metallic
68. Yellow Green
69. Zambezi Green

Another vote or Olive. It's a great color and if you plan to sell it, original is best.

Go with Olive...a couple years back I saw a beautifully restored early S in the color and it was striking, much like the photo you post.

I chose olive for my '69.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215039107.jpg

PPG's formula code is #44881.
Concept or Omni are your choices there.

-Ernie

Olive is definitely the way to go.

I think white is easier to sell than the olive. So if you are looking to sell and it's not original anyway, then go for the color that more people will like.

Thanks for all the feedback! The targa will be Olive this time tomorrow! Thanks Ernie for the PPG Number.

:)

Its a long while since this posting, just wondering how the paint came out.

I have been looking to buy a 72 coupe in Olive for years, like the one in the first photo above.

So far no luck finding one.

Perhaps someone will see this & post what they have.

Len

:)

I love Olive...

Len:

Looks like he checked out a while back (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-used-parts-sale-wanted/497318-fs-all-my-porsche-parts-bring-big-uhaul.html).

The car was on ebay:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/423702-my-72-911t-targa-sale.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1217988897.jpg